Planting-box.



W. H. BUSSEY.

RLANTING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED. APR. 29. ISIB.

1,300,245, Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

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2 SHEETS-SHEET lw. H. BussEY.

"PLANTING Box.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 29, 1918.

Patented Apr. 15,1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- WI LIAM B'fus m. or Minna-aroma ilnnngeso'ra.

' ELANTIljGf-BOX.

To all whom it maycoacern: I 1 Be it known that I, lVILLIAM H. Boss er, a citizen of the Unlted States res dlng at Minneapolis'in the coiinty of Hennepinand State of Minnesota, haveiiiyentedsceitain new and useful improvements1n'Plant1ng Boxes; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear; and exact description of the iiwention, such as will] enable others skilled in the art to which'it appertains to v to make and use the same:

i v My invention has for itsobject to provide is preferably made ol -heavy cardboard or .20

an efficient inexpensive planting box {and to such ends, generally stated, th e' invention consists of the novel devices and C(Jlllbllldtions of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims. v I In accordance with my 111V611t1011, the box pa-steboard, such as used for making heavy cardboard boxes, and hence assumed to be made at a box factory where such boxes are The box comprises" rectangular and a rectangular 11111,b0tl1.0i which made.

body

are adapted to be folded flat, and hence," packed in very small space for" shipping or The arrangement is such that either a glass plate or a protecting. cover storage.

of thin cloth,- such as cheese cloth, may be secured over the platejto protect the same.

The nature ofthe invention will more fully appear from the description of the preferred form of the device illustrated in the accome panying drawings. i

In the said drawings, like characters indioate like parts throughout the. several views. l

Referring to the drawings:

box;

Fig. 2 Fig. 3 on the the box in use; e I V Fig. 4t is a plan view .of tlie rectangular body of the box showing also certain an' choring stakes;

is a side elevation'thereot;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 3, with somegparts sectioned and some parts broken away;

Fig. 6 is a plan view showingthe body of the box folded flat; and

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the rim. of the box showing thesame folded fiat.

The rectangular body 8 of the box is, as. stated, preferablymade of heavy cardboard,

' j Specification of Letters'latent. I Apr, 15, a iieatiion ei da riies;r9181.' ser ainaeeiezi. j

Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe planting is a transversevertical sectiontaken line 33 of. Fig. 1', and showing struction but is of much less vertical dimen-,

sion' than'the bodyt The riin is'adapted to. 6'0

abody of the box is tormed. witl'r marginal;

sportions adapted to be bent over on the telescope overthebody of the box. jThe and the rectahgular rim 9 is of likecon 1" dotted lines marked 0 1 Fig. 6,to fornlj plate supporting flanges "10. his .body' 8 is adapted to be folded ear on diagonally opposite corners, as shown *in 6," and to tacilitate the bend ng over of the flanges 1( .ui-e'up er edge or the box; is provided with notches 11 at its corners. The riin 9 is, also ada pted to be 'i'ol ded fiat on diagonally"oppositecorners as shown in'Fi'gi 7.

The rini Sfwill over the. box with some? I friction which will easily serve td holdi'the same -inyproper posit on, {but to poslt vely hold the same-projected above the flanges 10 Also, the body b't the box is shown as pref *of the body, the "said x'body is: shown as formed with outward'ly "pressed lips .12.

era-bly provided with'lips 13 out from" the 4 w box except for attachii'ig neck portions and adapted to" :be pressed outward tofa'fford \entilating capacity 14-. (See particularly Fig. Moreover, in the bodyof the box, f

The inturne'd flanges 10 t thebody of the.

box are adapted tojsupporta glass plate 18.

and the upwardlyprojecting portion of the holdsthe same in position. Preferebly, the

rimi9 surrounds the edge ofrthe plate 18 and upperkedge of the rim 9 is formedfwitlr, notches 19 in wh ch a smalltransverse... pin

or rod 20 isadapted to be seated to'hold the glass'vplate 18 slightly raised or :vinclined, as

burning the plants.

At times, it will be advisable to remove the.

- glass plate 1 8 and to apply a sheet of cheese cloth, or. the like, to cover the. top of the box. :This sheet of cheese cloth can be placed over the upper edge of the. box 8 and held in;

position by forcing the rim. 9" downward overthe .box'a'nd over the edges of the said sheet, thus frictionally butlse'cuitely holding I sliownby dotted lines in Fig. 3; when ven- A tilationis desired,. as n extremely warm; f ij weather 'whenlthere would be danger. of ;v

ber provided with inturned edge flanges to the said sheet stretched the rim can be raised higher than shown in Figs. 2 and 8, and frictionally held in position, and when the said rim is raised, the upper ventilating ports 18 can be opened up. In the position of the rim shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the upper ventilating ports are closed by the rim.

Both the body and rim of the box can be made from cardboard, may be stamped out in large quantities and manufactured very cheaply in any box factory equipped for the making of paper boxes, or the like.

hat I claim is:

1. A planting box comprising abody member provided with inturncd edges to support a protecting cover that will pass light to the interior of the box, and a rim telescopically slidable onto the upper end of said body member to hold said cover '11 position. 1

2. A planting box comprising an angular body member having inturned upper edge flanges, and an angular member telescoped over said body member but projecting above the same, and a glass plate rested on said V flanges and held in position by said rim.

3. A planting box comprising a body memsupport a plate, and a rim telescopically rotatable onto the upper end of said body to hold across the top of the said body and rim being foldable flatwise on their diagonally opposite corner joints.

5. A planting box comprising an angular body member having inturned upper edge flanges, and an angular member telescopcd over said body member but projecting above r the same, and a glass plate rested on said flanges and held in position by said rim, the said body and rim being foldable fiatwise on their diagonally opposite corner joints, the said rim, in its upper edge, having notches for supporting a rod to hold the glass plate in a partly open position.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. BU SSEY.

*itnesses HARRY D. Krnoomz, F. D. MERCHANT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. 

